Peter O'Brien (1928-2016) was an Australian

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...

footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. He played in the

NSWRFL premiership The New South Wales Rugby League premiership was the first rugby league football club competition established in Australia and contributor to today's National Rugby League. Run by the New South Wales Rugby League (initially named the New Sou ...

for North Sydney as a winger.

Playing career

O'Brien began his first grade career in 1949 and in 1952 was the season's leading try scorer and equaled

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’s club record of 20 tries in the main premiership competition. O'Brien was a member of the North's teams in the 1950s where the club made the preliminary finals in 1952 and 1953 but lost to South Sydney and the semi-finals in 1954 where they lost to

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. O'Brien retired at the end of the 1955 season and remains the club's third highest try scorer.

Post playing

After retiring, O'Brien became an administrator at Norths for many years. He died on 13 November 2016.

References

North Sydney Bears players Rugby league wingers 1928 births 2016 deaths Rugby league players from Sydney {{Australia-rugbyleague-bio-1920s-stub